Iran is pursuing its national interests rationally—and that is the United States’ best hope. The post Tehran’s Pragmatists Are Still Open to Diplomacy appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Tehran’s Pragmatists Are Still Open to Diplomacy Iran is pursuing its national interests rationally—and that is the United States’ best hope. Vice President J.D. Vance recently offered the Islamic Republic of Iran some unsolicited advice: “Stop acting like crazy people.” He contrasted Iranian behavior with American actions, claiming that, “unlike the IRGC, the U.S. never targets civilians in combat.” “We never will do that,” he added. “We never have done that.” The latter assertion is unfortunately undercut by the recent deadly…Open
Taliban security personnel inspect a car destroyed in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province in late December. (Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP/Getty Images) Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published September 6, 2026 Pakistan and [...]
By Fatima El Hashimi Pakistan is undergoing a quiet conversion, from the military simply holding influence, to now holding permanent constitutional and institutional power, achieved without ever declaring martial law at all.
Experts say Tehran will dig in, not back down, amid “economic D-Day.” The post Hurting Everyday Iranians Doesn’t Help American Interests appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Iran War The Iran War Hurting Everyday Iranians Doesn’t Help American Interests Experts say Tehran will dig in, not back down, amid “economic D-Day.” Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images Amid public discontent and warnings from Pentagon leaders that the Iran War undermines military readiness, President Donald Trump has settled on a new strategy: lower the temperature on military hostilities and focus instead on strangling Iran’s economy. Middle East experts told The American Conservative that this approach won’t fundamentally change Tehran’s own…Open
Pakistan’s troubled relations with its religious minorities are only part of the story. The post The Minorities Who Built Karachi appeared first on The American Conservative .
Religion Religion The Minorities Who Built Karachi Pakistan’s troubled relations with its religious minorities are only part of the story. Photo by Camille Delbos/Art In All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images Pakistan has been in the news recently, for reasons that would have seemed improbable a few years ago. It has become an intermediary between the United States and Iran, while also forging new strategic ties with Saudi Arabia and Turkey through the Mecca Defense Pact. Yet for all the attention garnered by its geopolitical moves, Pakistan—the real Pakistan—remains a…Open
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Today marks six months since President Trump launched the war in Iran. Back in late February, the president announced the start of the war, with the main goal of ensuring Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon—a goal that has still not been achieved. Trump then repeatedly insisted to Americans that this was simply an “excursion” set to last just a matter of weeks. Now, six months later, the Strait of Hormuz—which was fully open before the war—has been a focus of the fighting. MS NOW’s Julia Jester joins Way Too Early with a breakdown of a war that has no end in sight.
There’s no obvious end to the Iran War close at hand. The post Six Months—and Counting appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Six Months—and Counting There’s no obvious end to the Iran War close at hand. Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Today marks the semianniversary of the beginning of the Iran War. The most hysterical predictions have not been borne out, as they seldom are, but the reality has been unpleasant enough. A huge amount of American materiel has been expended without accomplishing the (admittedly unrealistic) political goal of ousting the ayatollahs, or even getting them to acquiesce under duress to some settlement advantageous to…Open
State of the Union: “I’m not in a hurry,” said President Trump. The post Iran War Day 181: White House Says No Negotiations Under Way appeared first on The American Conservative .
The White House said Thursday that it is not currently negotiating with Iran to end the war, even as mediators travel to Tehran to revive the diplomatic process. “No negotiations are happening right now, and this will continue until the president feels that maybe they come to the table in a meaningful way,” the outgoing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Thursday morning. She touted the prospects of “Operation Economic Outcast,” the set of sanctions Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday. Leavitt’s statement echoes comments President Donald Trump made in a Wednesday interview with Al Jazeera. “I have no time schedule, none. I’m not in a hurry. I have no time schedule at all,” he said…Open
